Matira Manisha (Man of the Soil) (Odia: ମାଟିର ମଣିଷ ) is a 1966 Oriya film, from India, directed by Mrinal Sen.Based on the novel by Kalindi Charan Panigrahi of the same name, the film contrasts traditional and modern values as exemplified by the different attitudes of two brothers towards their inherited family land.